English Version In the French daily Les Echos, of 30 August 2015, Ali Bongo complains about the devastating effect the fall of the price of a barrel of oil has on the Gabonese economy. Yet, not long ago, his minister of economy, Regis Immongault, was telling anyone who would listen that the fall in oil prices would have no effect on the finances of Gabon. When a minister of the economy is wrong to this degree, what should we conclude about his capacity to drive the country’s economy?

English Version Ali Bongo has just announced the creation of a Gabonese low cost airline whose name is Fly Africa. But dear readers, as usual, Ali Bongo does not tell you everything. Fly Africa is owned by Ivor Ichikowitz, a sulfurous South African arms dealer, of Lithuanian origin. Ivor Ichikowitz launched Fly Africa in 2014. The first flight of this airline took place on 23 July 2014 between Victoria Falls and Johannesburg. The announcement by Ali Bongo is problematic in more ways than one: -Why is Ali Bongo, in his announcement, wanting to have people believe that he has created an airline, while it is at most a South African company that is opening a stopover in Libreville? -Why isn’t Ali Bongo saying in its announcement that this airline has had since 2014, a network of flights from South Africa to Zimbabwe, through Namibia and Zambia? This is another attempt by Ali Bongo to want to avail himself of something he did not create. Ali Bongo is playing the megalomaniac-pathological liar, …

English Version In a country where substantive debate is exceedingly rare, we have to salute the missive citizen Brice Ndong has sent to Professor Albert Ondo Ossa. We provide you below with the content of this letter. The text is in its original French.

English Version Mister Daniel Mengara seems to have followed suit to Jean Ping, for a candidacy in the 2016 presidential election. That's great, but this blog would like to apply the same standard to all. This is why we come here to ask the same question of Mr. Mengara, which we had asked of Mr Jean Ping, still unanswered, on the eve of his pre-campaign tour in Woleu-Ntem. Campaigning is a good thing; it is to be encouraged because it stimulates people to take charge of their own lives. Nevertheless, Professor Albert Ondo-Ossa has just reminded us how the Gabonese electoral system was locked and committed to only allow the victory of those who currently hold power. This blog is here to ask Mr. Daniel Mengara how his campaign plans to cope with the loaded dice principle that animates the presidential elections in Gabon. If Daniel Mengara judges our question to be relevant, we would welcome his sending of his thoughts on the matter, to us; which we would naturally publish in extenso.

English version Jean Ping went to the town of Medzeng, exactly on the border with Equatorial Guinea. There, he could admire the gulf that now separates the two countries. Equatorial Guinea has been selling its oil roughly for a little over 15 years. Gabon produces has been an oil producer for over 50 years. We leave you ponder these differences! Version française Jean Ping s’est rendu au village Medzeng, exactement à la frontière avec la Guinée-Equatoriale. Il a pu admirer le gouffre qui sépare désormais les deux pays. La guinée Equatoriale ne commercialise son pétrole qu’a peu près depuis un peu plus de 15 ans. Le Gabon produit du pétrole depuis plus de 50 ans. Nous vous laissons méditer ces différences!